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Burgundy 2023: What to expect from a rollercoaster vintage


2023 harvest at Les Lavières in Savigny-les-Beaune for Domaine Tollot-Beaut.

Abundant, generous, but often complicated, 2023 delivered a solid, if rarely stellar, harvest.

While 2022 was almost magically easy, weather conditions in 2023 posed challenges at every turn. François Labet, co-chairman of Burgundy’s regional body, the BIVB (bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne), laments the work the vintage required: ‘In the very difficult climatic conditions [of 2023], there were no Saturdays or Sundays.’

Although Burgundy produced 1.9 million hectolitres of wine (250 million bottles), ‘this was really a rollercoaster year, with waves of hot and cold, rain and dry,’ says Jérôme Flous, technical director of Domaine…


Source : https://www.decanter.com.master.public.keystone-prod-eks-euw1.futureplc.engineering/premium/burgundy-2023-what-to-expect-from-a-rollercoaster-vintage-539579/

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